Prince death

CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Prince’s former bodyguard answered questions from attorneys for seven hours as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of the late rock star. Kirk Johnson’s attorney told KSTP-TV that Wednesday’s deposition at the Carver County Courthouse was difficult for his client, who considered Prince a good friend. Prince died of an […]

How do you capture a 37-year legacy in four days? The answer is you don’t. But at the annual Prince Celebration this year, there is an effort to make sure that Prince’s legacy is remembered, celebrated and secured for the future. Yet there are challenges. The heirs continue to battle with the bank overseeing Prince’s […]

CHANHASSEN, MN – Three years after Prince’s untimely death at the age of 57, his sister and heir Sharon Nelson says that the six heirs still have no control of the estate. Because her brother died intestate, or without a will, the estate has been mired in legal issues ever since. A judge recently ruled […]

The doctor who prescribed pain pills for Prince is now the target of a lawsuit from his family, who claim the physician is responsible for his death because he failed to treat him for opiate addiction. The musician died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl on April 15, 2016. Authorities say Dr. Michael Schulenberg admitted prescribing a different opioid […]

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – If I asked you if a dead man could headline a concert, you might question my sanity. But during the second annual Prince Celebration held over the past few days in suburban Minneapolis, I saw it with my own two eyes. While the four-day celebration included panels on his music, his photographers, […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Some of Prince’s closest confidants had grown increasingly alarmed about his health in the days before he died and tried to get him help as they realized he had an opioid addiction — yet none were able to give investigators the insight they needed to determine where the musician got the fentanyl […]

His surviving heirs are fighting back.

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Operators of Prince’s former home and recording complex in Minnesota are seeking a special permit so they can serve alcohol during the week of the Super Bowl. Some people are questioning the request, noting the late musician didn’t allow alcohol to be served at public events at Paisley Park. The complex […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A California auction house says a guitar that Prince used in the late 1980s and into the 1990s has been sold for $700,000. That’s the highest amount paid for one of the late rock star’s guitars. Julien’s Live auction house, based in Los Angeles, anticipated the teal blue Cloud guitar would be […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three Indiana pharmacists have been reprimanded by state regulators for trying to access Prince’s medical records within days of the music superstar’s death last year. The Indiana Board of Pharmacy issued letters of reprimand in the last three months and imposed penalties on the three after investigators with the state attorney general’s […]

Rarely-seen photographs of the late Prince Rogers Nelson by Afshin Shahidi are featured in a new book Prince: A Private View, with a foreword by none other than Beyoncè. “Truth be told, the word ‘icon’ only scratches the surface of what Prince was and what he remains to me,” Bey writes of the musical icon, according to EW. The images range […]

CHANHASSEN, MN – If this weekend is any indication, Prince’s legacy is assured. 2,000 Prince lovers came out to Minnesota to celebrate the man and to see where he lived, worked and sadly, died at the age of 57 last April. Morris Hayes onstage at the Celebration.  “Being here with all the different members of […]